I was let go a few months ago from a small startup. I had two good offers on the same day just from putting out the word that I was looking. Both were more than a 50% pay increase but I turned them down because neither interested me much and I didn't want to relocate.

I took a month off, went to see some family and friends out on the east coast and then started doing a little consulting while I look at other jobs.

Between my savings and my consulting income I'm in no particular hurry to jump right back in so I'm waiting for a full-time offer that I'm really excited about.

(Need a Scala/Akka guy?)